Alaska’s largest oil drilling project in decades will continue toward production. On Thursday, a federal court judge in Anchorage dismissed two challenges against ConocoPhillips’ Willow project, saying plaintiffs failed to
A federal court rejected a legal challenge filed by a coalition of environmental advocacy groups earlier this year after the Biden administration approved a massive oil drilling project in Alaska. Judge Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District of Alaska, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2012, dismissed environmental groups' lawsuit challenging the
A federal court turned down a legal challenge filed by a large coalition of environmental groups, upholding the federal approval of a major Alaska oil drilling project.